UK churches urged to wake up to spiritual abuse of LGBT people

Online conference this weekend will discuss how churches can defuse ticking timebomb'

Spiritual and emotional abuse of LGBT people is a ticking timebomb" for churches in the UK and could lead to legal action and demands for redress, campaigners have said.

Churches urgently need to wake up to spiritual, emotional and psychological abuse. If they don't protect young people, the consequences will be massive. This is coming, and it will be a disaster," said Steve Chalke, a Baptist minister and founder of the Oasis charity.